1.
ADIEU to old England! whose well-cultur’d vales
Resplendent with beauty, with plenty are crown’d,
Adieu to dear England, where health’s smiling gales
With Ocean’s wild breezes soft flutter around.
2.
Adieu to the Island, where Liberty reigns,
Whose white cliffs are lashed with the turbulent wave,
Whose mountains re-echo the song of her plains,
That Britons are warlike, that Britons are brave.
3.
Farewell to the country where sciences bloom,
Where the Muses retire to lead their gay band;
Encircled by Fame is her Warrior’s tomb,
Eternal the glory her Heroes command.
4.
Adieu to the cold northern Blasts which invade,
In Winter’s dread season, Britannia’s fair Isle,
Adieu to the Zephyrs which breathe in the shade,
When summer’s gay beauties resplendently smile.
5.
In regions far distant I now tune the lyre,
Invoking the Muses to visit me here,
Midst tropical breezes my song to inspire
Tho’ a Pope nor a Thompson’s kind spirit is near.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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